SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF ADDING CELLULOSIC BIOMASS TO A DIGESTION UNIT OPERATING AT HIGH PRESSURES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR CELLULOSIC BIOMASS PROCESSING - Patent 2791368

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EP 2 791 368 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	22.10.2014 Bulletin 2014/43

(21)	Application number: 11810742.4

(22)	Date of filing: 20.12.2011

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C13K 1/02^(2006.01)

C12P 19/02^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2011/066227

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2013/089798 (20.06.2013 Gazette 2013/25)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

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Priority:

16.12.2011 US 201161576664 P

(71)	Applicants:
	Shell Oil Company Houston, TX 77252-2463 (US) SM Shell Internationale Research Maatschappij B.V. 2596 HR Den Haag (NL)

(72)	Inventors:
	FLOWERS, Thomas Lamar Katy, Texas 77494 (US) POWELL, Joseph Broun Houston, Texas 77070 (US) CHHEDA, Juben Nemchand Houston, Texas 77077 (US)

(74)	Representative: Matthezing, Robert Maarten
	Shell International B.V. LSI PO Box 384 2501 CJ The Hague 2501 CJ The Hague (NL)

(54)	SYSTEMS CAPABLE OF ADDING CELLULOSIC BIOMASS TO A DIGESTION UNIT OPERATING AT HIGH PRESSURES AND ASSOCIATED METHODS FOR CELLULOSIC BIOMASS PROCESSING